
A design called ‘The Enchanted Lily Fairy’. The winners of the competition received a $7,500 first and all proceeds of the event, which has been running for the past four years, went to a local food bank charity.

Left, ‘Prosperia’, which came third. Right, ‘Candy Land’ by Torrence Daigle. Asked what it took to be a model, one entrant replied: “Pain. Lots and lots of pain. It's all about posture and pain."

Second place went to ‘The Indian Fertility Goddess Parvati’.

Left, ‘The Garden of Eden'. Right, ‘Global Warming’.

‘The Up Hoo’.

‘Proud Peacock’, modelled by Amaris Brown and designed by Kevin Carter, right.